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Shahriyar Mammadyarov to play against US grandmaster
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- 23 March, 2018
- 06:11
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Baku. 23 March. REPORT.AZ/ Games of the XI round of the 2018 FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament in Berlin, Germany will be played today.
Report informs, Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov will meet with US chess player Wesley So. Mammadyarov will play with black figures.
In the past round, Mammadyarov couldn't defeat Fabiano Caruana with white figures - 0.5: 0.5. At present, he is on the 2nd place with 6 points. Wesley So is 7th with 4 points.
Other points of the tour:
Fabiano Caruana (US) - Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
Din Lijen (China) - Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
Levon Aronian (Armenia) - Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
After 10 rounds, F. Caruana leads the tournament table with 6.5 points.
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